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Summerville man's rich soil, green thumb yield 32-pound banana squash
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But this fall it produced its first banana squash, weighing in at a little over 32 pounds, 36 inches long with a 10-inch diameter. The oblong-shaped squash has a creamy yellow skin and a golden fine textured inner flesh, great for soups, sauces, bread and pies. “I like the taste of them, but it’s the first time I ever planted them,” said Burns.“I got the seeds from my neighbor’s daughter in Washington, so I planted them next to my corn patch which gets lots of water,” he said. Burns prepares and loosens his garden soil with a combination of mint sludge and cow manure, two organic by-products easily found in Summerville. Then toward the end of May or the first part of June, he begins planting. About 3 1/2 months later and before the first frost, he cuts the squash off the vine. “I’m going to be eating squash this winter,” said a smiling Burns. He put the squash in a burlap bag and hiked it up over his shoulder, imagining how many delicious pies this plump banana squash will make. — Trish Yerges
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